Happy Birthday to Warren Zevon, whose graveled voice I never truly appreciated until his final album was released just before his death in 2003. Known for his pithy, sardonic wit in song and social commentary - enjoy every sandwich , his oft-quoted insight on dying which would later become the title for the first of two posthumous tribute albums, is a terse encapsulation of that observational mastery which shines through his back catalog - the man who released just twelve studio albums in 35 years was nonetheless a respected mainstay of the rock circuit, celebrated by his [...]
Jill Sobule is returning to St. Louis ten months after an appearance here with John Doe of X. She'll play a solo show at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room on February 18th. Tickets are $15 and go on sal... Continue reading "Jill Sobule is Coming to the Duck Room" >
Jill Sobule & John Doe - Under the Bridge
[Make mine a double, please: Jack White and Isaac Brock were born in this day in 19 hundred and seventy-five:] Part 1 of your weekend: ► This evening's installment of Saturdays Off the 405 at the Getty features a headlining set by Best Coast , joined by DJ Kave-In. The free concert begins at 6 p.m. ► Steely Dan's second night at the Greek Theatre is highlighted by a setlist determined by fan vote. [...]
Much like the Damned (who will perform Damned Damned Damned and The Black Album on their upcoming tour ), legendary punk band X will perform all of Los Angeles at some upcoming shows. They'll also host a screening of the classic documentary The Unheard Music when they hit Irving Plaza in NYC on September 30th and October 1st . Tickets for both shows, also available as a 2-day pass, went on Live Nation / Mobile [...]
Dylan's 70th birthday is nigh upon us, and as he seems to still be walking the earth after the predicted Rapture has come and gone, we can only assume that either he wasn't any worthier than we, or - once again - the extremists have proved themselves no more able to predict God's timing than the rest of us. Me, I'm quite proud of myself for not giving in to the temptation to release a mess of helium-filled blow-up dolls to the heavens down on main street. Instead, I spent a long [...]
With WTUL and WWOZ on the local dial, there is really no excuse to ever listen to commercial FM radio in New Orleans. Even if the Crescent City wasn't blessed with two of the greatest listener-supported stations on the planet, I still don't imagine I'd make a habit of checking out Top 40 radio with any regularity. So it took me until the fall of 2008 to actively listen to the ubiquitous hit of the summer of 2008 and realize it was not actually a cover of this 1995 classic. [...]
John Doe and Jill Sobule have been playing and touring together for more than a decade and a half, so it's not surprising the two have finally made a record together. A Day At The Pass is a fan-funded album Doe and Sobule cut with an ace band featuring Don Was, Doug Pettibone and Victor Indrizzo at The [...]
X's John Doe has teamed with the original girl-kisser Jill Sobule for a new project. The duo will release A Day At the Pass, a 9-tracks collection of new songs, covers, and reworkings of their older work. The set will be available on Record Store Day, April 16th. Stream the entire thing here and now: Joe Doe's website
Jill Sobule: I Kissed A Girl [ purchase ] Long before cherry chapstick popstar Katy Perry kissed her girlfriend, popfolk goddess Jill Sobule kissed hers. And she liked it, too. It fits the lust category, I suppose, and reinforces, in a way, the way the cardinal sins open up a world of bevaior generally considered deviant from the Catholic perspective - though this is a sweet song, in the end, and an odd sort of gender-role covetousness and curiosity are more the tune here. [...]
From NY but named for a now-defunct fountain store in Wayne, NJ, Fountains of Wayne announced they'll be releasing the follow up to 2007's Traffic and Weather early next year. In the meantime, they're playing a few weeks of live shows starting September 30th, including a two night stand here at the Birchmere 10/4 and 10/5. Marshall Crenshaw and Jill Sobule will open on select dates. Fountains of Wayne Fall 2010 Tour Dates Sep 30: Cashah, San Diego, CA [...]
With too much music for the incredible shrinking record industry to nurture, artists are increasingly turning to fan-funded strategies to help get their work manufactured and marketed.. Add disco-funk quartet Casxio , indie-rockers the Deadly Syndrome [that's their new Aurelien Levitan-directed video for "Armrest," above"] and singer-songwriter Bleu to the list of artists trying to finance their new projects through campaigns at Kickstarter.com , a website that allows donors to put their money where other people's ideas are. Fan-funded music is not a new idea — singer-songwriter [...]
By day the heat is intolerable. My students wilt in my presence; I suffer in theirs. Finals are two weeks away, but we will lose this lesson. My last period classroom blazes like the sun: too many windows, and too many well-intentioned adolescents to open them, letting out the residual comfort of dim lights, linoleum, stillness. Back home, the garden wilts. Its overgrown grasses and weeds bear the scars and indentations of cats trying desperately to bask in the coolness of an earth long scorched beyond any [...]
Last night, at 10:45pm, the health care bill passed by a vote of 219-212. It's been a hard fight and I think even the bill's most ardent supporters will be glad to move on. The "debate" never recovered any sense of maturity after a particularly nasty summer, but hopefully once the dust settles the benefits will win out over the rhetoric.Fatima Mansions - Lady Godiva's Operation (The Velvet
Not sure what happened, but this evening after supper and a nap I woke up shivery and dizzy and speech-blurred, face burning, my arms and head heavy as if not my own. Oddly, I know this particular feverish feeling - more than anything, from memories of the dreadest of still-drunk hangovers - but as I haven't had a drink in weeks, I'm forced to consider that either I've suddenly developed food poisoning from this evening's fish & chips, or my body has decided to rebel against my schedule. Maybe I've been pushing myself too hard. [...]
Acting as the predecessor to movies such as Cruel Intentions , which is based on Laclos' novel Les Liasions dangereuses , and 10 Thing I Hate About You , the adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew , the 1995 comedy, Clueless , which is based on Jane Austen's novel Emma , champions the spirit of notable literature being adapted into a high school film that just so happens to offer a stunning and dynamic soundtrack, too. Not only did Clueless take Alicia Silverstone from video vixen to [...]
This year's San Francisco Sketchfest could quite possibly be the best in the festival's history. With the Reno 911 cast reuniting for the last time, popular sketch shows like Celebrity Autobiography, The Red Wine Boys, Ask A Ninja, and Upright Citizens Brigade ASSSSCAT Improv, amazing comedians like Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Paul F. Tompkins, Eugene Mirman, and Greg Behrendt, as well as San Francisco's own batch of talented comedians like Brendan Lynch, Kevin O'Shea, Mary Van Note, Moshe Kasher, and Brent Weinbach. Let's not forget Conan O'Brian's apperance in the wake of his unfortunate yet understandable announcement. There is way too [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: AFGCT : "Two Legged Dog" [mp3] from AFGCT (out January 26th) other AFGCT posts at Largehearted Boy All Tiny Creatures : "Kites" [mp3] other All Tiny Creatures posts at Largehearted Boy The Carribean : "Christmastime Is Here" [mp3] other Carribean posts at Largehearted Boy [...]
Jill Sobule: Merry Christmas From the Family [ purchase ] Although I learned later that this song is a Robert Earl Keen composition , I fell in love first with Jill Sobule's version on the You Sleigh Me holiday compilation - I remember laughing, wondering what was up with this crazy song... until she got to the harmonized Noel, Noel, The First Noel lyric, when I felt the prick of tears behind my eyelids... It still hits me that way - they're wacky... they're imperfect... they're family. We can [...]
Moog and Paste Magazine have partnered on a new video series called Live At Moog to highlight Moog Music's array of old-school synths and effects pedals. The five-week video series will feature bands/artists - like Medeski, Martin & Wood, Matisyahu, and Yo La Tengo - doing live studio sessions from the Moog factory in Asheville, NC. The series is also sponsored by the local Asheville folks over at Music Allies . Check out the upcoming schedule of sessions: Yo La Tengo - Episode 1 - December 2009 (available today) White [...]
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